Free Republic

The Lusty Lady has been serving the nude dancer and peep show needs of North Beach for nearly 30 years. But now that it is facing financial problems, San Franciscans should remember the club's place in the city's colorful history.A case can be made that the Lady is the most pro-feminist strip club in the city - and maybe in history. In 1996, the dancers at the Lusty Lady created a national sensation when they became the first nude club to create an "exotic dancers union." Seven years later, they had another landmark moment when the dancers banded together to...

Strippers last month took to the streets outside the 'Lusty Lady' club in San Francisco's touristy North Beach neighborhood to protest managements refusal to bring the strippers pay back to a top of $27.00 an hour.The new agreement adds $2.00 a shift in the first year and $4.00 per shift in the second year for dancers prep time to do their hair and make up.[plus sick days]It also lowers a hiring cap, to ensure that there enough shifts to go around.There is too many people for the number of shifts, so people weren't getting the number of shirts they were...